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- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
that you can really trust and connect with makes life much richer. However, to be honest, I sometimes found it difficult to form the kinds of close friendship I had before because everyone is so busy engaging in so many kinds of... View Details
- Summer 2012
- Article
How to Become a Sustainable Company
By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen Miller Perkins and George Serafeim
Using field and survey data we identify the characteristics of sustainable companies, and we develop a two-stage model that can help companies develop a culture of innovation, trust, and the ability for transformational change. View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Innovation; Leadership; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Trust; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Eccles, Robert G., Kathleen Miller Perkins, and George Serafeim. "How to Become a Sustainable Company." MIT Sloan Management Review 53, no. 4 (Summer 2012): 43–50.
- 2012
- Working Paper
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It
Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The central concern is that short-termism discourages long-term... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Ownership; Performance Expectations; Economy; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Trust; Financial Services Industry; United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-094, April 2012.
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
commitment to the School by establishing a charitable remainder trust. The trust will support HBS, as well as his undergraduate college and high school. “Each school played a role in preparing me for the next step in life,” explains... View Details
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CRSP: historical coverage
Receipts, etc.) Closed-End Mutual Funds Foreigns on NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, Arca and Bats Americus Trust Components (Primes and Scores) HOLDRs Trusts REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) CRSP is available... View Details
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
research on secondary products or customers. Now, nice-to-knows that are not essential will have to wait. Enlist trusted partners. Marketers and research suppliers who trust each other and have established... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Turning Point: One Story at a Time
and lesbians. When you work on a team, sharing a bit of your personal life can make a huge difference in building trust and authenticity. When you work on a team, sharing a bit of your personal life can make a huge difference in building... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets (NOM) unit. Valley's research focuses on how negotiations can be significantly affected by how well the parties know and trust one another and by the medium they use to communicate — in person, by... View Details
Daniel Guggenheim
The American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) was a trust set up to give William Rockefeller control of all mineral resources in America. Refusing to sell out to Rockefeller, Guggenheim engaged in both price competition with ASARCO... View Details
Keywords: Metals
- 13 May 2013
- News
Lori W. Samuels & Theodore R. Samuels II, MBA 1981
president of the Capital Guardian Trust Company based in Los Angeles. “The i-lab represents the potential and the long-run nexus of creativity, ability, and aspiration across the University. It unites people with a disparate array of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Navigating rough waters
bank through the financial crisis of 2008, including its rescue of Bear Stearns and acquisition of Washington Mutual. "Our aim is to be the world's most trusted and respected financial services institution," says Dimon, whose management... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
Every day, in her role as the director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nekia Hackworth Jones (MBA 2004) stands in the breach between the $100 trillion in securities traded on U.S. equity markets and the bad actors who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Walter V. Shipley
Having grown up in and around the banking business, Shipley was experienced in both effective and ineffective management styles, especially when it came to handling mergers. Consequently, when Shipley assumed leadership of Chemical, he made a point of emphasizing View Details
Keywords: Finance
- May 2012
- Article
Correlation in the Multiplayer Electronic Mail Game
By: Peter A. Coles and Ran Shorrer
In variants of the Electronic Mail Game (Rubinstein, 1989) where two or more players communicate via multiple channels, the multiple channels can facilitate collective action via redundancy, the sending of the same message along multiple paths or else repeatedly along... View Details
Keywords: Electronic Mail Game; Stag Hunt; Coordination; Signaling; Networks; Behavior; Communication; Trust; Game Theory
Coles, Peter A., and Ran Shorrer. "Correlation in the Multiplayer Electronic Mail Game." B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 12, no. 1 (May 2012).
- July 1997 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Khalil Abdo Group
Three brothers inherit a business in Egypt; the complications begin as each gets married, has a family, and becomes torn among different family interests. Now the third generation is appearing. View Details
Barnes, Louis B., and Muna Sukhtian. "Khalil Abdo Group." Harvard Business School Case 898-011, July 1997. (Revised October 2002.)
- June 2009
- Case
The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama
By: David A. Thomas, Laura Morgan Roberts and Stephanie Creary
This case profiles President Barack Hussein Obama's rise to the presidency as an "improbable candidate." The case illustrates the ways in which he overcame criticism from those who questioned his credibility and his values, and skepticism from those who were unsure... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Race; Political Elections; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Trust
Thomas, David A., Laura Morgan Roberts, and Stephanie Creary. "The Rise of President Barack Hussein Obama." Harvard Business School Case 409-115, June 2009.
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CRSP: historical coverage | Baker Library
Partnership Interest, Depository Receipts, etc.) Closed-End Mutual Funds Foreigns on NYSE, NYSE MKT, NASDAQ, Arca and Bats Americus Trust Components (Primes and Scores) HOLDRs Trusts REITs (Real Estate... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Muneer Satter, MBA 1987
Goldman Sachs. I want to do everything I can to help our country be globally competitive so we can grow and create opportunities for all our citizens. HBS is a voice that is trusted and respected.” Longtime HBS supporter Muneer Satter... View Details